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The Naming of the Dead

Ian Rankin

The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line duty...except one. John Rebus's reputation precedes him, and his bosses don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains why he's manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in. During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle, a delegate has fallen to his death. Accident, suicide, or something altogether more sinister? And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering? Are the world's most powerful men at risk from a killer? While the government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up, Rebus knows he has only seventy-two hours to find the answers.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Back Bay Books
  • Publish Date: Nov 15th, 2010
  • Pages: 480
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 1.30in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9780316099264
  • Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural• Crime• Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators

About the Author

Ian Rankin is a #1 international bestselling author. Winner of an Edgar Award and the recipient of a Gold Dagger for fiction and the Chandler-Fulbright Award, he lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and their two sons.

Praise for this book

"The best living British crime writer." -- Lee Child
"For Rankin's fans all over the world, Rebus is the ideal sleuth." -- The New Yorker "Clive James"
"There is a reason this guy is a #1 bestseller all over the world. Pick up "The Naming of the Dead, " read the first few pages, and then thank me later." -- Harlan Coben
"The best living British crime writer." -- Lee Child
"The fifty-something Rebus is surely one of the most rounded, warts-and-all characters in modern crime fiction. . . . Those who want to plunge deep into a world of convincing characters and brilliantly rendered atmospherics can't do much better than this." -- Washington Post "Patrick Anderson"